Improvement in systemic endothelial condition following amputation in patients with critical limb ischemia

International Angiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 408-412

  Newton, D J ^a   Khan, F ^a   Kennedy, G ^a   Belch, J J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Endothelium, vascular; Ischemia; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ENDOTHELIN 1; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; THROMBOMODULIN; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASODILATOR AGENT; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG ISCHEMIA; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 56749146325     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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